The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-03-15

Boston, March IA lin one of the rward
cars, and among the first PASSENGERS to be iaGen
out, was young woman, WHOSE name hrs nos
been ascertained, and whose ieash--fer she was
killed outright and terribly nutIatea well
was the most shocking of any of the passsngcrs.
When ineress was obtained through the mashed
car, and when the splntered tiuoers had been
sufficiently removed to allow OF aay aoTk -pon
the wreck, about the first body rse.od was that
of this unfortunate woman, who was
pinned down in the car, with her face jammed
between two sis, and in most shocking condi-
ton That she was alive seemed doubtful STILL the
body was moved To the terror of her rescuers,
it was found that the head and one arm were
severed from the body as though done by
knife Covered with the rubbish of the wreck.
as she lay there no possible Identification
of the remains could be made, and
after frutless attempts to remove her,
with their hands, the rescuers obtained saws
and jack screws, and, after much difficult work,
succeeded in extricatiug all that remained of the
woman who but moment before was full of
life. The body was first removed. then the mu-
tilated and urrecognizable head and arm. Ten
derly the remains were covered, and soon after
removed to Forest Hill, and later taken to the
city morgue
Additional evidences were found of the terri
BILE nature Of the disaster, at late hour, as the
work Of removing the wreck progressed. In
some places were fragments of flesh or pieces Of
clothing which had belonged to some victim
whose remains bad previously been removed
There was blood over everything. Most al the
pieces of clothing found were from the garments
of women, and the fatality among them ie PRO
tippaf afnIy ntnr In 10 Esat ant
seven women were taken out, all horribly man
gled A pathetic sight was that of two girls With
arms around another, clinging togethsT
in the embrace of death. In many instances
axes and crow.bars were necessary 10 order
to free the persons who were pinioned in the
wreck. In two cases it was necessary &c cut the
bodies in two In order to get them out 1hsy
were already crushed out OF any semosnes 70
human shape, and were so tightly wedsed IN
! that they could be removed in no Other way.
One old lady was taken from car ur rlnInred.
| but her clothing torn to shreds. She sssa ths
women in her car seemed to be nanic-stresan us
the moment the crash came. She saw ole WON.
| an dying in a seat while another woman had her
head pillowed on the dying woman's breA2f
| The headless trunk of s. woman was found lying
across timber, in the street under the bridge,
with one arm completely gone and tbs lossF
! limbs all cut and manged. The head VAS
| found among the tangled iron and fragments ~
a car a few feet away. One man was seen 10
| walk from the wreck in the direction OF RosiTn-
| ualo aIter tue dcCluSHt. anu WIN Ao ho' @tttt
| dozen yards he fell dead, either from aSelte-
ment or internal injuries. Everybody seemed
dazed and could not realize what had occurred
! Daniel Roundy, of Roslyndale. had most
remarkable experience. He was in the smoking
car playing cards with Ed Stow, Harry Gay and
| Sergeant Lailler The crash came, and the ne1s
| thing he knew he was in the muddy street, an
injured, and holding in his hand the queen q
| diamonds which was covered with blooe lis
three companions had ali been killed
| One man was found sitting upright ia hs5
| seat, but stark dead, with blood flowing % seY
| eral streams from wound on his head. Many
! women left their clothing, which was torn srons
| their forms. There were Young girls togethers
! rs If they had occupied two seats facing each
| other. All of those pinned down in the cars had
| horrible fear of fire and shrieked for Assist
| ance to escape possible cremation
| Wm Young, of Roslyndale, was in the third
car that fell. He says there were great many